Jacob Dahlgren (born 1970 in Stockholm) is an intelligent, amusing and visually fascinating artist, whose life and art overlap. He makes paintings based on striped t-shirts, eats canned food and constructs gaily coloured works of sculpture from the empty cans. He can make a sculpture from Ikea clothes hangers or a relief from disposable plastic mugs. Saws, pencils and carpenter's rules turn into art in his thoughts and hands.
Dahlgren proves, with all his works, that everyday life contains potential for art. He refines the everyday experience, reminding us that that it's worthwhile to take a look around you. In a sense, he also carries on the tradition of constructivism, renewing and refreshing it, and leading it into the present day.
Jacob Dahlgren has represented Sweden at the Venice Biennial and has held solo exhibitions in the Nordic countries, Europe and the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle and the Steven Wolf Gallery in San Francisco. He also participated in exhibitions such as ”Superabundant” at the Turner Contemporary in Margate, ”Stitched and Gathered” at the P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center/Moma, New York and ”Dangerous Beauty” at the Chelsea Art Museum in New York. He has also participated in the exhibition ”It’s a Set-Up” at Kiasma in Helsinki. Dahlgren has been a candidate for the Ars Fennica prize.
Jacob Dahlgren has made numerous public artworks in Sweden and his works are included in public and private collections in Sweden and other countries.
PROJECT
We are launching the PROJECT series of exhibitions alongside our larger exhibitions of art. PROJECT features artists who have not been previously on display in Galerie Anhava. The series is curated by Piia Oksanen.
The first artist of the PROJECT series is Anssi Pulkkinen, who will be followed in the autumn by at least Syks Heini Aho, Timo Vaittinen, Nabb + Teeri and Hans Rosenström.
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